3 New Leading Hotels of the World in Latin America
The Leading Hotels of the World just put out its new directory for 2010 and it includes four new hotels in Latin America. Fortunately for you, we’ve got reviews of three of them.
Banyan Tree Mayakoba, Riviera Maya, Mexico (pictured above)
Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Bristol Buenaventura, Buenaventua, Panama
I don’t always agree with which hotels they sign up as “leading” and the fact that it’s a paid membership program can skew the results. I’m skeptical about the fourth new one—Tivoli São Paulo Mofarrej—but overall the group is pretty good at including large hotels with plenty of amenities and a good reputation for service. We’ll keep an eye on the Tivoli to see if it’s worth adding to our reviews now that it’s gone through a renovation.
See the full list at LHW.com.


December 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
That Sao Paulo hotel is just okay, even after the renovations. Definitely not up to the ones you have already reviewed. Like Caesar Park in Buenos Aires, sometimes the LHW hotel is not the best in town, or even #2.